Quadro M5500: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Quadro M5500 provides acceptable gaming and benchmark performance at 19.89% of a leader's which is GeForce RTX 5090 D.
Contents
Summary
NVIDIA started Quadro M5500 sales 8 April 2016. This is a Maxwell 2.0 architecture notebook card based on 28 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 8 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 1.75 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 211 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is a graphics card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Power consumption is at 150 Watt.
Primary details
Some basic facts about Quadro M5500: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in the ranking | 301 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Power efficiency | 9.42 | of 100.00 (Radeon 890M) |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019) | |
| GPU code name | GM204 | |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | |
| Release date | 8 April 2016 (9 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Quadro M5500's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Quadro M5500's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 2048 | of 24064 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell) |
| Core clock speed | 1140 MHz | of 2670 MHz (Arc B580) |
| Boost clock speed | 1165 MHz | of 3599 MHz (Radeon RX 7990 XTX) |
| Number of transistors | 5,200 million | of 153,000 million (Radeon Instinct MI300) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | of 3 nm (GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 149.1 | of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Floating-point processing power | 4.772 TFLOPS | of 126 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell) |
| ROPs | 64 | of 512 (Moore Threads MTT S4000) |
| TMUs | 128 | of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
Form factor & compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Quadro M5500 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | large | |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | |
| SLI options | + |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of memory installed on Quadro M5500: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | of 288 GB (Radeon Instinct MI325X) |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 1753 MHz | of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile) |
| Memory bandwidth | 211 GB/s | of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Shared memory | - |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on Quadro M5500. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | |
| Display Port | 1.2 | |
| G-SYNC support | + |
Supported technologies
Technological solutions and APIs supported by Quadro M5500. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| 3D Vision Pro | + | |
| Mosaic | + | |
| VR Ready | + | |
| nView Display Management | + | |
| Optimus | + |
API and SDK compatibility
APIs supported by Quadro M5500, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12 | |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 5090 D) |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | |
| Vulkan | + | |
| CUDA | + |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of Quadro M5500. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
Send your test results of Quadro M5500.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good Quadro M5500 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 110−120 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 40−45 | |
| Dead Island 2 | 75−80 |
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 80−85 | |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 110−120 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 40−45 | |
| Dead Island 2 | 75−80 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 60−65 | |
| Fortnite | 100−110 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 75−80 | |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 60−65 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 70−75 | |
| Valorant | 140−150 |
Full HD
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 80−85 | |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 110−120 | |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 230−240 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 40−45 | |
| Dead Island 2 | 75−80 | |
| Dota 2 | 100−110 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 60−65 | |
| Fortnite | 100−110 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 75−80 | |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 60−65 | |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 70−75 | |
| Metro Exodus | 40−45 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 70−75 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 50−55 | |
| Valorant | 140−150 |
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 80−85 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 40−45 | |
| Dead Island 2 | 75−80 | |
| Dota 2 | 100−110 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 60−65 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 75−80 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 70−75 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 50−55 | |
| Valorant | 140−150 |
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 100−110 |
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 40−45 | |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 140−150 | |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 30−35 | |
| Metro Exodus | 24−27 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 170−180 | |
| Valorant | 180−190 |
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 55−60 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 18−20 | |
| Dead Island 2 | 30−35 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 40−45 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 45−50 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 30−35 |
1440p
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 40−45 |
4K
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 16−18 | |
| Dead Island 2 | 18−20 | |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 35−40 | |
| Metro Exodus | 16−18 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 27−30 | |
| Valorant | 110−120 |
4K
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 27−30 | |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 16−18 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 8−9 | |
| Dead Island 2 | 18−20 | |
| Dota 2 | 65−70 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 21−24 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 30−35 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 18−20 |
4K
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 20−22 |
AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Quadro M5500 is Radeon Pro 580, which is slower by 2% and lower by 6 positions in our ranking.
Here are some closest AMD rivals to Quadro M5500:
Similar GPUs
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Recommended processors
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